Pie-container.



R. W. WHITE.

PIE CONTAINER.

APrucATloN men MAH. |911.

Patented Feb.19,191a.

ROBERT W. WHITE, 0E' EASTONDALE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PIE-CONTAINER.

Specication of Lettera Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

Application led May 1, 1917. Serial No. 165,788.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roemer W. WHITE, a citizenof the United States,residing at Eastondale, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pie-Containers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a pie container.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, practicaland enicient pie container of strong, durable and inexpensiveconstruction, designed for the use of persons who are compelled to carrylunch, and adapted for enabling them to convenlently carry, in thepocket or in a lunch basket or other package, pie such as custard, creampie and the like without spilling the same or materially spoiling theappearance thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pie container of thischaracterV equipped with means for holding a fork exteriorly of thecontainer Without interfering with the placing of the containerin thepocket and Without liability of the tmes or prongs of the fork stickingthe person carrying the device. With these and other objects in view,the invention consists in the construction and novel combination ofparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it beingunderstood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minordetails of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resortedto without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

` In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a pie container constructed in accordancewith this lnvention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the pie container.

Fig. i is a detail sectional vieiv illustrating the arrangement of theresilient clip.

Like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawing.

In the accompanvingdrawing in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, the pie container comprises in itsconstruction a sector shaped body or box 1 and a correspondingly shapedcover 2 fitted on the body or box ,1 and preferably frictionallyengaging the same by means of interlocking protuberances 3 anddepressions,

4 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. rThe body or box 1and the 4cover 2 may be each stamped or otherwise formed of a singlepiece of sheet metal or other suitable material, but a plurality ofpieces may, of course, be employed in the construction of Will bereadily understood. The protuberances 3 are formed by indenting theopposite Walls of the box or body 1 from the interior thereof and theside flanges 5` of the cover are correspondingly indented to provide thedepressions to receive and interlock with the protuberances. The sideWalls converge and form an apex at one end of the container, and theopposite end of the container is preterably provided With a curved Wall6. By this construction the container conforms to the configuration of apiece of pie cut in the ordinary Way, and it may be made of ditl'erentsizes and it is adapted for carrying custard pie, cream pie, and variousother kinds of pie with or Without a top crust and it will maintain suchpie in a nice condition and will enable such pie to be readily packed ina lunch box, kitl or similar package or carried in the pocket.

r1`he pie container is equipped with a fork 7 lremovably mounted uponand extending longitudinally of the cover 2 with its prongs or tinestted against the same so that there is no liability of the prongs orpoints of the fork sticking the person carrying the pie container orinterfering with the placing of the pie container in the pocket. Thefork is maintained on the cover by means of a Jfixed loopor yoke 8 and aresilient clip 9. The ixed loop or yoke, which forms a keeper for thepoints or tines of the fork, is composed of spaced ends and an inclined.or angularly disposed connecting portion 10 presenting an innerinclined face to the tines ofthe fork and conforming to the position ofthe same when the fork is placed upon the cover, as shown. The clip 9,which is disposed transversely of the handle. is secured at one end at12 to the upper face of the cover and it extends across the handle whichis first removed from the clip 9 in detaching the fork. When the handleis either the body of the box or the cover, as Y sav withdrawn from theresilient clip by a lateral movement of the fork the points or rongs maybe readily wit rawn from the oop or keeper. The end of the handle andthe points of the fork rest upon the cover as shown, and the said coveris Sreferably provided with a stop 13 exten from the cover and receivingthe end of the handle and forming an abutment for the same to preventlongitudinal movement of the fork, so that there is no liability of thesame becoming jan-ed out of the loop or'keeper.

What is claimed is:

1. A pie container including av box or body, a cover, and means forsecuring a fork to the container, said means comprising a fixed loop oroke having a top portion in clined in a direction longitudinally of thefork and arranged to t the tines oi a fork when the points of the saidtines are placed ing upwardly `xed loop or for in the loop and the clixagainst the container, and a. resilient transversely disposed cliparranged to engage thehandle of the fork.

2. A pie container including a box or body, a-cover, means for securinga fork to the container, said means com rising a oke having an inc inedop portion and a apted to receive and it the tines of a fork, aresilient transversely disposed cli arranged to engage the handle of thefor i, and a lug or pro'ection forming a stop for engagin the en ofthehandle to revent longltu inal movement of the In testimony whereof I amy signature in presence of two Witnesses.` f

ROBERT iV. WHITE.-

Witnesses:

GARFILD J. LAWLESB, Invme F. WHITE.

